This article will give Web3 product designers an understanding of where blockchains came from, what the current blockchain landscape looks like, and where blockchains are headed in the future. We start with Bitcoin – the world’s first ever blockchain. Stay tuned for future Web3 Design Courses where we discuss emerging Read more…
Blockchains enable Web3. Without blockchains, we wouldn’t have crypto tokens and most of the decentralized applications that are running today. This article will give Web3 product designers an understanding of where blockchains came from, what the current blockchain landscape looks like, and where blockchains are headed in the future. This Read more…
Now that we’ve learned what a blockchain is, and understand how transactions flow through the network, let’s return back to decentralized applications, or dApps. In this section, we will break down what exactly a dApp is. We’ll start by quickly reviewing the software architecture of Web2 applications then compare it Read more…
In this section we’re going to talk about what happens on the Ethereum when a crypto wallet sends ETH to another wallet. We’re going to follow this transaction from beginning to end, from the time it’s sent from the crypto wallet, to when it is added to a block, and Read more…
Blockchains are decentralized, peer-to-peer networks. That’s a lot to take in at first, so let’s start with concepts that are familiar to us. Let’s look at how Web2 applications function on the backend. Also, this is just the beginning of Web3 tutorials for product designers. Stay tuned for future Web3 Read more…
You may be wondering where “crypto” comes into play when talking about Web3. Cryptography pervades everything we’ve talked about thus far. It’s the basis for how the average user can self-custody their cryptocurrency, and other digital assets; however, it’s not experienced directly by users. And thank god for that. We’d Read more…
Decentralized applications, or dApps, are typically web applications that utilize the blockchain as their backend. This is what makes a dApp decentralized. For now, we’ll only focus on what the end-user sees when using Uniswap. And, this is just the beginning of Web3 tutorials for product designers. Stay tuned for Read more…
Wallets are central to using the Web3 ecosystem – users continuously return back to wallets in order to view their account balances, and send crypto to other wallets. Before we get into these features, let’s talk about the properties of Web3 wallets. First, Web3 wallet’s are “permissionless” bank accounts. They Read more…
Once we have crypto in our exchange account, we’ll want to create a Web3 wallet so that we can move our crypto from the exchange into the wallet. This is where the world of Web3 decentralization begins, and there’s a lot that will be new here for first-time Web3 users. Read more…
Crypto is the currency of the Web3 ecosystem, and is required to access decentralized applications. So how do users first get cryptocurrency? This is where crypto exchanges come in. In this post we’ll show the UX design trends, and patterns, of crypto exchanges in 2022. This is just the beginning Read more…